When lockdown ends on Wednesday businesses like pubs, bars and restaurants will have to stay closed as Lancashire enters Tier 3 coronavirus measures.
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And senior Tories lined up in the Commons to say they would not be supporting the measures replacing England’s national lockdown.
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Pubs in Tier 2 areas – covering 57% of England’s population – can only serve alcohol with a “substantial meal” and are also covered by rules restricting households mixing indoors, severely harming trade.
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Mr Johnson acknowledged that the hospitality sector had borne a “disproportionate” burden in the effort to reduce coronavirus rates as he announced the one-off December payment.
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